Amicus report to Supreme Court on 100-metre criterion for hills | Legal News
THE OPPOSITION Congress recently attacked the BJP-led NDA government over the new definition of Aravallis, limiting the hills to landforms at an elevation of 100 metres or more, calling it a “death warrant” for the range. Now, a note submitted by the amicus curiae to the Supreme Court says it was the “state of Rajasthan” which “for the first time…gave a restrictive definition to the Aravallis, as only applying to those hills measuring above 100 metres” adding this was “to overcome” certain other orders of the court. According to the note, the decision dates back to February 2010, when Rajasthan was under a Congress government led by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. In his written submissions to the top court, which is seized of the issue of definition of Aravalli Hills, amicus Senior Advocate K Parameshwar said: “What is evident from the arguments is that in order to continue mining activities in areas which constituted the Aravalli Hills, the state of Rajasthan gave a restrictive definition to the Aravallis, as only applying to those hills measuring …
